Rowena Macdonald’s first collection of short stories, Smoked Meat, was shortlisted for the 2012 Edge Hill Prize. Her first novel, The Threat Level Remains Severe, was shortlisted for the Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize in 2017. She works at the House of Commons.
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